Laurence Cox

Why Social Movements Matter

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A short, clearly written, lively popularisation that requires no previous familiarity with movements or movement research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9781786607829
• ISBN-10: 1786607824
• Artikelnr.: 51143291

Autorenporträt

Laurence Cox co-directs the MA in Community Education, Equality and Social Activism at Maynooth University. He is cofounder of the international, open-access social movement journal Interface, co-editor of Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global justice Struggles, Anti- Austerity Protest, Marxism and social Movements and author of Buddhism and Ireland. He is currently part of an international team researching the life of U Dhammaloka, an Irish migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early 20th Century Burma. Dr Cox has been involved in a wide range of social movements in several countries for over quarter of a century.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. We Need Movements
2. Movements Made the World We Live In
3. The Social Movement as a Whole
4. The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted The World
5. Movements and Intellectual Activity
Conclusion
Resources
Notes